1. Introduction
Introduction
Once upon a time, they were the six apprentices of Ansem the Wise, acting like the benevolent angels to the beautiful celestial-like city of Radiant Garden. Then the golden-eyed, silver-tongued Lucifer whispered to them of something more....
Thus Heaven was destroyed, and the six fallen angels became nothing.
Thus Heaven was destroyed, and the six fallen angels became nothing.
2. Love
Love
Elaeus always smiles at the pretty brunette who sells flowers to pay for medical school. Ienzo, one day, asks their master why, why that smile is so much more special then the other soft ones his dear friend gives. He learns of love, that day, how two hearts can resonate together to create such a powerful emotion.
Ienzo decides, as he helplessly watches Elaeus drift farther away from him, that he hates the heart if it will take his best friend from him.
Ienzo decides, as he helplessly watches Elaeus drift farther away from him, that he hates the heart if it will take his best friend from him.
3. Light
Light
Superstition is a silly, useless thing to a scientist, and Zexion remains that even in his nothing-life. However, as he stares at the thirteenth of their organization, he confides softly to Lexaeus, "This one will never stay."
4. Dark
Dark
Ienzo is, without a doubt the youngest among the apprentices, and it is so easy to forget his real age. As Elaeus smashes through the legions of yellow-eyed Heartless, a scream tears through the castle air like a tormented soul, and the large man curses himself. It is so easy to forget, with Ienzo's calm and confidence, that he's terrified of the dark.
5. Seeking Solace
Seeking Solace
It is, as far as the Nobodies are concerned, around midnight in the Castle, and the Silent Hero, in his pajamas, smiles as he murmurs, "You still can't-?"
With an annoyed growl, the Cloaked Schemer shoves past him and into his room clad in only an over-sized shirt. "Oh, do shut up."
6. Break Away
Break Away
Heart and soul and mind, all split apart, broken away from one another. When nothing and darkness both wake up, they stare at one another, palm pressed against the other's as if staring into a mirror. "Who are you?" they whisper, one divided into two.
7. Heaven
Heaven
Dilan and Even are bickering with each other again like an old couple while Braig looks on in amusement. Ienzo just smiles softly and leans against Elaeus' shoulder from his spot on the lab table, wondering if he perhaps died a long time ago and this is just Heaven.
8. Innocence
Innocence
He sees memories when he looks at their pale, blonde little witch, reminded of a silent boy with wide blue eyes and messy blue-black hair that always fell over his face. As Lexaeus hands over a small sketchbook and some crayons to Namine, he watches as a soft smile brightens her face, and he makes a silent prayer that, even if the rest of them are lost, that this child one day finds happiness.
9. Drive
Drive
"So! What do you guys think of my driving?" With one hand still on the wheel, Xigbar turns around to grin at his two passengers. Temporarily traumatized into muteness, Zexion and Roxas can only stare at him, clinging to each other still.
10. Breathe Again
Breathe Again
Every time he wakes up, he is torn between past and present, that child's scream still tormenting him. It is only when he looks up at the makeshift bed of two chairs and spots Zexion curled up peacefully in his sleep that Lexaeus finds his lungs freed. It's not too late.
11. Memory
Memory
"What are you drawing?" she asks, looking up from her own drawing. When a look of confusion spreads over Namine's face, Zexion only gives one of his secret smiles. Only Vexen and Xemnas would understand the significance of the words "exploding coffee".
12. Insanity
Insanity
"Are you listening to yourself?" Zexion ignores the identical voice, and only thrashes as hard as he can in the shadowy bonds that have wrapped themselves around him. The creature that calls itself 'Ienzo' only smiles, leans forward, and brushes its lips against his ear as it whispers, "You're just as mad as I am, you know."
13. Misfortune
Misfortune
With a shake of his head, Lexaeus lays down his losing hand and looks right into those wide baby blue eyes that are right across from him. "I see you've been learning from Luxord, Namine," he says dryly.
14. Smile
Smile
As Voxden turns away from the examination table, scalpel in hand and a radiant smile on his lips, Ienzo reflects that he's probably quite beautiful underneath all that splattered blood.
15. Silence
Silence
All it takes is a single press of a button, and an entire building is suddenly dying, its people drowning, suffocating. Voxden stares at his fellow chess piece, the eerie glow of the screen making his face sickly pale in the darkness, and Ienzo ignores both of them, hypnotized by the images playing. No words are needed.
16. Questioning
Questioning
"What do you want?" the Nobody hisses, fingers tight around a gray throat, nails digging into soft skin. The Heartless only stares, a twisted and fractured smile on his face as he lifts his fingers up to brush away silver bangs.
"You."
"You."
17. Blood
Blood
"Ah s**t. Think dis is bad, 'Zo?" Ienzo glances up, and his bright gold eyes fall on Voxden's offered arm, a pin cushion to dozens of tiny scalpels. A red-black liquid oozes out from the punctures, drips down onto the floor.
"No," he answers dully.
"No," he answers dully.
18. Rainbow
Rainbow
As Zexion is reluctantly lead off by a smiling girl, Lexaeus gives a weak smile and says, "We'll change back when we return." Vexen simply glares at him and hisses icily while a man puts flowers in his blond hair, "V, we're wearing tie dye."
19. Gray
Gray
Once a world garbed in vivid greens, bright reds, and deep blues, Radiant Garden is no more, and Hollow Bastion takes it place. As he looks upon the gray, shattered world, Zexion knows it is all his fault. Somehow, he cannot bring himself to care.
20. Fortitude
Fortitude
"I wasn't strong enough to protect you," he confesses one night, watching as his young charge halts and his genius friend bristles. Quickly, the temperature falls.
"Don't be ridiculous. You were strong enough to become like this and make it up, weren't you?"
"Don't be ridiculous. You were strong enough to become like this and make it up, weren't you?"
21. Vacation
Vacation
"Ha, sounds like you've had quite the day. Don't you need a break?" Zexion just glances into his glass of liquor and replies smoothly, "Isn't that why I visit you, Tony?"
22. Mother Nature
Mother Nature
Sometimes, Ienzo fancies that Mother Nature is his evil stepmother who's put a curse on him. It's a nicer illusion to dream of as all the plants he grows wither and die.
23. Cat
Cat
"Aw, who's your little friend, Francis?" Fagin smiles, reaching down to scratch behind the ear of the small, gray kitten hanging in the bulldog's grip. With a large fluff of hair falling over one eye, the tiny feline just hisses.
24. No Time
No Time
There shall be no second chances, yet Ienzo does not hesitate as his hand flies out, grabbing that slim hand which has handled so many flowers and brushed against Elaeus' face so tenderly. He does not hesitate in throwing himself forward so that she may go back, into safety, and merely closes is eyes.
His last thought is that it would have made Elaeus happy.
His last thought is that it would have made Elaeus happy.
25. Trouble Lurking
Trouble Lurking
"Man, was it just me, or did you feel a chill?" the boy asks with a shiver, rubbing his arms. His friend just laughs at his silliness and from behind his carefully crafted mask, Zexion smiles with a razorblade smile.
26. Tears
Tears
When in the throes of battle, Demyx's element twists and slams against everything, going everywhere. It is during one of these events, that Zexion catches a glimpse of the Nocturne's face above the exotic melody of the sitar and wild twists of water. It is wet, almost as if tears are running down the normally 'cheerful' Nobody's face, yet the Cloaked Schemer dismisses it.
Nobodies cannot feel and thus, cannot truly cry. He tells himself this twice, then once more.
Nobodies cannot feel and thus, cannot truly cry. He tells himself this twice, then once more.
27. Foreign
Foreign
As he watches an entire world be overrun by Heartless, thanks to his own trickery and deceit, Zexion reflects how odd it is, to feel nothing at all but a hollowness in his limbs, as if he were naught but a porcelain doll mimicking life. The second time he destroys a world, the thoughts are already half-faded and don't seem to matter as much as they should.
28. Sorrow.
Sorrow
The woman's desperate fingers cling to his coat, as if trying to tear through while she screams, sobs, and yells at him. "WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS!?" Lexaeus does not answer her, roughly shoving those clutching fingers away. Back among white halls, before sharpened amber eyes, he so badly wishes he could give an answer that feels right.
29. Happiness
Happiness
With their thin brother-sisters the Fallen, the Golems feel a certain satisfaction, an almost-but-never-quite completion. It is, they suppose, the closest they shall get to happiness for the time being, and it suits them just fine.
30. Under the Rain
Under the Rain
If there is one thing Zexion thinks he is capable of loving, it is the rain in other worlds, where it feels, not as if he's drowning, but as if something terrible is being washed away.
31. Flowers
Flowers
"I saved these for you," she says, handing him a bouquet of azalea flowers, and Elaeus smiles because he knows they're both blushing like fools.
32. Night
Night
From his shadows, Zexion envies Roxas for being so comfortable in the light of the sun, a position he has long since been banished from.
33. Expectations
Expectations
With a smug smirk, Ienzo strides into their now much larger lab, taking pleasure in the startled looks on the other apprentices faces. "I hope you weren't expecting less of me."
34. Stars
Stars
"Out, out!" Even falls flat on his face, and can only stare in bewilderment as the door slams shut. With all the curiosity of a cat, the scientist presses his ear against the door, managing to catch the soft voice of his young friend, saying, "Now, Braig's probably lying about falling stars, but if it's true... Keep everything as it is. I'm happy."
35. Hold My Hand
Hold My Hand
He's still trying to gather up his courage when slim fingers wrap around his, and Aerith laughs, standing on the tips of her toes to peck his cheek. "I'm not going to bite!"
36. Precious Treasure
Precious Treasure
Fondness thrums through shadow-infested veins as Ienzo runs his fingers gently over the pictures, and he remembers how they all worked to create this, to create this treasure of memories.
37. Eyes
Eyes
"Nah, ya dun giddit!" Voxden wails, dramatically on his knees and clinging to an exasperated Ienzo's legs. "The tech-freak KNOOOOWS I hate dem cameras followin' me! Crazy twisty-straw knows!" Then, for good measure, he flips off the camera in the corner.
38. Abandoned
Abandoned
Castle Oblivion is supposed to be a trap for the keybearer, yet as Zexion and Lexaeus trade glances, they both seem to feel as if they've just been thrown to the dogs.
39. Dreams
Dreams
The worst nights are always filled with images of glaring yellow eyes, yet on occasion, Zexion dreams of clear waters and sunny skies... And of Elaeus throwing Braig into the ocean after he dunked Ienzo under the water.
40. Rated
Rated
"For the love of- Xigbar! Get your hands away from my damn eyes, I'm twenty-one, even if I don't look it! I think I can handle a weak-excuse for a sex scene."
41. Teamwork
Teamwork
Zexion snaps his lexicon shut while Lexaeus swings his mighty tomahawk over his shoulder with a movement that seems just as easy, and Vexen just gives the biggest s**t-eating smile any of the neophytes have ever seen as he leans on his shield. "I do hope that satisfies your inane desire for a sparring match."
42. Standing Still
Standing Still
"It should only be able to see us if we move," Zexion offers in a dull tone, and Luxord wonders how the bloody hell the Schemer can be so damn calm when there's a giant lizard with teeth the size of their heads not more than a foot away and- wait a minute, 'should'!?
43. Dying
Dying
It will all be worth it, Elaeus thinks as his lungs burn and scream for air, his breath ragged as he swings the stolen museum ax through another row of small, dark enemies. It will all be worth it, if Aerith and Ienzo escape.
44. Two Roads
Two Roads
"Um, Zexy, isn't there a, you know, more legal way to do this?" And the Cloaked Schemer just smirks.
45. Illusion
Illusion
The best way to tell when Zexion is truly 'angry' is to check inside the Library. If an ancient undersea ruin has replaced tall, intimidating rows of bookshelves, then it's time to call Lexaeus.
46. Family
Family
When Lexaeus once idly comments that, in a way, some things really haven't changed, Namine just blinks and just asks, "Um, do you mean you acted like a weird family before, too?"
47. Creation
Creation
"You're just showing off, now," Zexion hisses, not appreciating the flowers that have spontaneously begun to bloom in his hair.
48. Childhood
Childhood
"Aaaaanseeeem! Braig is making my ice cream float again!"
49. Stripes
Stripes
"I dunno, guvvy," the newly-born Nobody says, stretching back lazily over the corpse of a prison guard as he quirks an eyebrow at the odd boy with the glowing eyes and ash skin. "Tink it kinda suits me, m'self. "
50. Breaking the Rules
Breaking the Rules
"Xigbar, I swear to Kingdom Hearts, if you keep breaking the laws of physics in my lab-"
When Zexion next comes to find Vexen, he only quirks an eyebrow at the gunman curled up on the floor and says scathingly, "Didn't you learn from Braig's mistake on picture day?"
When Zexion next comes to find Vexen, he only quirks an eyebrow at the gunman curled up on the floor and says scathingly, "Didn't you learn from Braig's mistake on picture day?"
51. Sport
Sport
Most people would need a reason for hunting down a person, for doing what he was doing to their insides, for listening to a person's agonizing screams for hours on end. Devon Hawking can't even use science as an excuse.
52. Deep in Thought
Deep in Thought
Formerly wild and thrashing in a mindless panic, the newly-made eleventh member of their Organization is now still, his and Zexion's foreheads pressed against each other while their breathing falls into sync. Slipping calm piece by piece into the older man's mind, Zexion is unable to help but sample some of the memories that lurk behind those dark blue eyes that stare into his own.
53. Keeping a Secret
Keeping Secrets
The disconcerting thing about VI is that he can slip into the shadows as easily as the Heartless, and when he smiles, he seems to know everything you've ever wanted hidden.
54. Tower
Tower
"Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your long hair," Elaeus whispers into her ear, and Aerith smiles at their little joke.
55. Waiting
Waiting
In the end, Lexaeus never comes back, and Zexion is left alone in the dark, staring at half-finished puzzles.
56. Danger Ahead
Danger Ahead
"You have a kind face," the emerald-eyed gypsy woman compliments him with a disarming smile, and Lexaeus can only wonder if he wants to know why she suddenly stopped reading his palm.
57. Sacrifice
Sacrifice
Her hands remember the mold of two others, one pair large yet always gentle and its companion too thin and smooth like paper. Her mind remembers how she'll never be able to thank either of them for saving her life.
58. Kick in the Head
Kick in the Head
Axel hadn't known what Zexion's element was until after he had exploded one of the Fallen Nobodies. For weeks afterwards, he could be seen with his hands against his temples and a horrible grimace on his face.
59. No Way Out
No Way Out
As Ienzo watches in a distant horror the Heartless down in the pen destroy a person, he thinks that perhaps they've passed the point of no-return.
60. Rejection
Rejection
"No, Ienzo, and that is final." The young apprentice can only stare in shock at his master's back, surprised that his sly words and honey-covered phrases have not worked.
61. Fairy Tale
Fairy Tales
The size of a thumb with ears like Xigbar's, Zexion only laughs at his knight in shining armor and says, "I think it quite suits you, Lexaeus."
62. Magic
Magic
The magical fireworks are a sight, but Elaeus, taking a shy glance at the brunette besides him, thinks there is nothing quite as enchanting as her smile on this night.
63. Do Not Disturb
Do Not Disturb
"Have you thought about getting a sign?" Luxord coughs, squinting his eyes so that he can see through the smoke, and Vexen just growls something about 'not supposed to be here anyway'.
64. Multitasking
Multitasking
"How are you even able to do that!?" Braig yells, his arms flying everywhere as he gestures maniacally, and Even just grins, continuing to write a report on hexagonal crystal structure while simultaneously making pancakes.
65. Horror
Horror
"Oh, is this not the most delightful of ironies, my other me?" Zexion does not respond, his eyes seeing past and through the heartless, wide and empty, tears streaming down his cheeks. Ienzo just smiles, reaching over to curl silver strands around his fingers. "The illusionist trapped an illusion."
66. Traps
Traps
When he returns from Castle Oblivion and steps foot inside his own room, Axel suddenly finds himself suspended upside down with something that smells positively disgusting pouring itself over his whole body. As he struggles and yells, it occurs to him that even from beyond the grave, VI always makes sure to get even.
67. Playing the Melody
Playing the Melody
When Zexion speaks, it's smooth and delicious to the ears, hitting every right note and following an irresistible melody only he knows. Imagine Demyx's surprise when the shorter Nobody gives him a strange look and says, "No, IX, I do not sing."
68. Hero
Hero
"I know you," she whispers softly, her eyes wide as she shakily reaches upwards to stroke an oh-so familiar face. A large hand encloses around hers before it happens, and Lexaeus smiles sadly, although his eyes remain empty.
"No, you don't."
"No, you don't."
69. Annoyance
Annoyance
Saix is in Berserker mode again, and, as Zexion grits his teeth, trying to force the other Nobody out of it, the Schemer almost wishes Roxas had never joined. Then, at least, Axel would just be a confusing and backstabbing b*****d than a trouble-making b*****d.
70. 67%
67%
"'Z-Zo-!" Voxden's jumbled thoughts manage to focus for just a second, and he thinks on how frustrating the Heartless can be when he's feeling really sadistic. Then the thoughts are scattered again, and he's moaning wantonly as Ienzo teasingly kisses his skin, right above the hem of his pants which won't be coming down tonight.
71. Obsession
Obsession
"Obsessed?" Ienzo sneers at the Silent Hero, whose arms are so protectively curled around his charge's body. "Why, old friend, it's not like you to call the kettle black, or am I the only one to see the giant heart-moon in the sky?"
72. Mischief Managed
Mischief Managed
Technically, no emotions means no fear. However, the rest of the Organization can feel their nonexistent hearts freezing when they see Zexion and Larxene sitting besides each other, both smiling as innocent as can be.
73. I Can't
I Can't
"...return to her like this. What I can remember is only a twisted mockery of before. She deserves better." And with a sigh, he returns his gaze to the moon that watches all of them.
74. Are You Challenging Me?
Are You Challenging Me?
Usually, it's he who must ask for a game, twisting words and phrases around simply to get some one to play Go Fish. Yet the man opposite of him (not a boy, he's learned that long ago) has requested this match, the cards guarding his face like a shield and the one visible eye nothing more than a mirror of his own blank gaze. Luxord smiles, then, slow but sharp, and the game begins.
75. Mirror
Mirror
Looking down into the ocean water, Riku thinks that he must be dreaming, because it is not his reflection in the sea but that of a pale boy with hair plastered over one eye and mouth closed, although he remembers it most vividly open, spewing out venom and deceit. Then, suddenly, Sora and Kairi are yelling, pulling the unconscious boy out, and, well, s**t.
76. Broken Pieces
Broken Pieces
If any were to seek the truth, they would know the five of them are just shattered remnants of men who once were and are no longer, held together only by the one they call 'Superior'.
77. Test
Test
As the lightning strikes home, Larxene's face splits into a malicious smile. It quickly disappears, however, when the smoke fades and Lexaeus merely taps his tomahawk onto the ground with a smile. There was a reason they chose him to test her.
78. Drink
Drink
"You're surprisingly dominant when you're drunk," Marluxia informs him in an amused laugh, and Zexion simply curses into the pillow.
79. Starvation
Starvation
Zexion does not question where the Library gets its books from, he only knows that there is no greater knowledge than what it possesses and how it ever changes. Such is the reason why he's willing to forsake the needs of the body in hopes of finding answers.
80. Words
Words
Deceptively innocent in appearance, words twist and curl around others, the sly serpents in the Eden of sound. It is easy for them to form pain, terror, and pleasure, all in one sentence, and oh how it fits the Cloaked Schemer, with his illusions.
81. Pen and Paper
Pen and Paper
The book is certainly not one of the Library, bound by ribbons through holes like a child's project, yet as Lexaeus flips through it curiously, he recognizes both the simple drawings and the elegant sweepings words. They shouldn't match, but they do, matching step by step in a forgotten child's dance.
82. Can You Hear Me?
Can You Hear Me?
"-no time to be pondering, Xehanort! Just help me- Elaeus! Elaeus! Can you hear me? Don't be dead, please-"
83. Heal
Heal
"It's the least I can do," Aerith says with a kind smile to the gentle giant that appeared practically out of nowhere to save her from the Heartless. "May I have your name?" He does not reply, keeping his hood up so that not even the light of the Cure spell can break through the shadows.
84. Out Cold
Out Cold
VI does not hold the power of ice, yet as he stalks the halls, an arctic wind seems to sweep around him, and breath comes out in white wisps. With his element so deceiving, they all know better than to ask him what has happened on his mission.
85. Spiral
Spiral
From behind a bouquet of white roses, Elaeus shyly watches the cheerful brunette as she attends to another customer. As his eyes following the twisting spiral of her hair, he keeps telling himself today's the day, he'll definitely talk to her today...
86. Seeing Red
Seeing Red
Zexion never admits that the Delphinium Sacrosanct is one of the most relaxing places, yet Marluxia isn't surprised when he spots the enigmatic schemer asleep amongst the blooddrops.
87. Food
Food
Truthfully, Heartless don't need to eat. However, Ienzo finds it to have other benefits, his tongue curling around a popsicle teasingly while his eyes watch Voxden's longing expression.
88. Pain
Pain
"Did I say you could speak?"
Voxden just grins at the growl, his eyebrows arching up as he peers over his glasses. "Ya could always git a whip and teach me not ta," he suggests, testing the handcuffs once more.
Voxden just grins at the growl, his eyebrows arching up as he peers over his glasses. "Ya could always git a whip and teach me not ta," he suggests, testing the handcuffs once more.
89. Through the Fire
Through the Fire
"I didn't ask to see all that!"
"Would you have moved on if you hadn't seen it?"
And Riku doesn't know what to say in response to that, with Zexion's eyes narrowed at him expectantly.
"Would you have moved on if you hadn't seen it?"
And Riku doesn't know what to say in response to that, with Zexion's eyes narrowed at him expectantly.
90. Triangle
Triangle
"This is ludicrous," Vexen hisses, his hands fisted in Lexaeus' poor hair. From above him, Zexion tries to keep his balance on the blond's shoulders and just mutters back, while his hand tries to grab the artifact.
"We are perfectly aware of that, Vexen."
"We are perfectly aware of that, Vexen."
91. Drowning
Drowning
"He can't swim?" It's a miracle Voxden doesn't get whiplash as he suddenly snaps his head to look down into the water, where the glowing eyes of his leader are already starting to fade into the murky depths. "Well, b***h wit a gun." And he dives in after him.
92. All That I Have
All That I Have
The only thing that the Nobody has of 'Ienzo' are the eyes, bright blue and still cunning, while all that the Heartless has is a book full of memories.
93. Give Up
Give Up
There's a gaping black hole in his chest, he thinks, and in the darkness, Elaeus finds that it would be easier than breathing to submit. Then he remembers two pairs of smiles, two pairs of eyes (one cheerful and sunny, with brilliant green eyes, and the other subtle yet always genuine, with brilliant blue irises).
There's a realization, then; he can't give up, because he has people he must go back to.
There's a realization, then; he can't give up, because he has people he must go back to.
94. Last Hope
Last Hope
One of Elaeus' final desires had been for Ienzo to survive, and that is quickly smashed to pieces as the newly dubbed Zexion smiles dryly and offers (almost hesitantly? ), "I was too slow."
95. Advertisement
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"Oh ho!" the old man laughs, amused at the pair that have stepped through his door, mimicking each other in that they've bolted right for the books. "I see you've managed to lure another customer for me, Belle!" The girl just laughs, sharing a glance with her kindred spirit, the dark-haired boy with the enigmatic smile.
96. In the Storm
In the Storm
Just have to keep going, Ienzo thinks, Radiant Garden a blur all around, no longer bright and beautiful but sharp with the passionate colors of fire and the disturbing shadowy shapes he sees only from the corners of his eyes. Just have to keep going; he repeats it to himself over and over as he listens to Aerith's footsteps right behind him, just keep going and they'd make it-
97. Safety First
Safety First
There has never been a more awkward silence in Ansem's office, both master and apprentice. Finally, face flushed, Elaeus coughs into his hand and quickly snatches the condom pack off of the desktop, hiding it out of sight. "Thank you very much, Master Ansem," he mutters hurriedly, making a note to promptly murder Braig and his snooping ways before bolting out of the room.
98. Puzzle
Puzzle
"You're a puzzle," the young apprentice admits to her one day as they sit amongst the primroses, and she just laughs, her fingers tracing along his jaw.
"Then it's a good thing you love puzzles," the flower girl teases before leaning up for a kiss.
"Then it's a good thing you love puzzles," the flower girl teases before leaning up for a kiss.
99. Solitude
Solitude
"Elaeus is never late," Ienzo whispers to the Radiant Garden Library, his head bowed sadly. His loneliness is disrupted, however, by the bright red and fluffy bird that trots up to his feet, the size of a large dog and with a red ribbon around its neck. As it cuddles into the startled boy's waist, he jerks his head up, a smile gracing his face as he spots his friend waving, not too far off.
100. Relaxation
Relaxation
The large window in Elaeus' bedroom offers the most glorious view of the night sky, and they enjoy it as much as possible, laying against each other on his bed, underneath the covers with skin against skin. As their hearts beat together as if one, they smile to each other, and both Elaeus and Aerith know that no other moment will ever be quite like this.
